RT7 vs. Monitor 5 series 2

dan t
dan t Posts: 206
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
I owned a pair of RT7's at one time and really enjoyed them. Bass response was pretty good. I since sold them and acquired a pair of Monitor 5 series 2's. I also enjoy the M5's. I wish I still had the RT7's for comparison purposes. I'm really interested in knowing for sure which speakers sounds the overall best. I'm curious now. That means bass, midrange, soundstage, etc. Anyone own both or one of the two pairs and have an opinion on the 'overall' sound?
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited April 2002
    One of my customer's have a pair of Monitor 5's in his music room.He won't give them up.We tried to get them and replace them with new speaker's but he wouldn't budge.
    He has Adcom 2 channel amp and pre amp.They still sound pretty good.We are going to move them for him and put on stand's.Also rewire his system,after we rewire it ,I will tell you what I think of them.
    No rt7's sorry.They were nice as I heard them play years ago.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • dan t
    dan t Posts: 206
    edited April 2002
    Yes, let me know what you think of those M5's after you have a listen.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited April 2002
    I will be going to his house this week, I will elt you know!!:cool:
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2002
    I have no experience with the Monitor 5's however I have heard some of the other Monitor series, most notably the Monitor 7C. I will go on record saying that the 7C has a slight edge in overall bass response. Having said that the RT7 is superior in all other respects. Great stereo image, soundstage width and depth, detail...you name it.


    Troy
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  • joe logston
    joe logston Posts: 882
    edited April 2002
    i got the rt-7 as mains on top of 2 psw-650 subs with pedestals, and i love them, i have my aragon 4004 mark 2 amp running the subs and rt-7, the surounds are rt-20p, the front center cs-400i the rear center cs-350li , receiver yamaha rx-v1, the front effects are 2 energy take 5. the rt-7 are good as they get. the one that mite be better is the lsi-9.
    . rt-7 mains
    rt-20p surounds
    cs-400i front center
    cs-350 ls rear center
    2 energy take 5, efects
    2- psw-650 , subs
    1- 15" audiosource sub

    lets all go to the next ces.
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